Temporal gain may lead to Spiritual ruin

People always measure success in terms of some temporal gain but Allah says that what matters is the spiritual gain or loss. In the first of these verses we are told that if the Holy Prophet (s) had given the decision in favour of the Muslim it would have ruined him. Not only would he have lost in the spiritual sphere but also his moral authority in this world but because he followed the Holy Quran he was saved from this by Allah’s grace.